STEP WELLS IN INDIA STEPWELLS IN HINDI-SPEAKING REGIONS, THEY INCLUDE NAMES BASED ON BAUDI (INCLUDING BAWDI, BAWRI, BAOLI, BAVADI, BAVDI). BAWDI HINDI: बावड़ी) OR BAOLI (HINDI: बावली) BARAV VAAV (MARATHI: बारव) OR (GUJARATI: વાવ) ARE WELLS OR PONDS IN WHICH THE WATER MAY BE REACHED BY DESCENDING A SET OF STEPS STEP WELL MAY BE CONSIDERED TO BE STORAGE AND IRRIGATION TANKS TO COPE WITH SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS IN WATER AVAILABILITY. A BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN STEP WELLS ON THE ONE HAND, AND TANKS AND WELLS ON THE OTHER, WAS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO REACH THE GROUND WATER, AND TO MAINTAIN AND MANAGE THE WELL. NUMBERS OF SURVIVING STEPWELLS CAN BE FOUND IN GUJARAT, RAJASTHAN, DELHI, PRADESH, AND MAHARASHTRA. MADHYA Agrasen ki Baoli, New Delhi Rajon ki baoli, New Delhi Charthana Barav, Parbhani District, Maharashtra The Rani ki vav at Patan, Gujarat The Adalaj ni Vav at Adalaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat Raniji ki Baori in Bundi, Rajasthan; Bundi has over 60 baolis in and around the town. The Pushkarani monument at Vijayanagara, Karnataka AGRASEN KI BAOLI, NEW DELHI Agrasen ki Baoli, New Delhi RAJON KI BAOLI, NEW DELHI RAJON KI BAOLI, NEW DELHI CHARTHANA BARAV, PARBHANI DISTRICT, MAHARASHTRA THE RANI KI VAV AT PATAN, GUJARAT THE RANI KI VAV AT PATAN, GUJARAT THE ADALAJ NI VAV AT ADALAJ, GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT THE ADALAJ NI VAV AT ADALAJ, GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT THE ADALAJ NI VAV AT ADALAJ, GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT RANIJI KI BAORI IN BUNDI, RAJASTHAN RANIJI KI BAORI IN BUNDI, RAJASTHAN RANIJI KI BAORI IN BUNDI, RAJASTHAN THE PUSHKARANI MONUMENT